Weekend Whats

What to Eat: You may disagree with some of my takes, but let me assure you that, when it comes to one topic in particular, I am the world’s pre-eminent expert. I love peanut butter. But more importantly for the statement you are about to read here, I know peanut butter. I know peanut butter the way Da Vinci knew fluid mechanics, the way Einstein knew physics, the way Grandmaster Flash knows his way around a turntable, the way Elon Musk knows how to drive people away from a social media platform. And the best natural peanut butter around is Cream-Nut by Koeze. And let me, for a change, add some real value to your life. The trick to not dealing with a pool of oil on the top of your natural peanut butter is to store the jars upside down.

+ What to Hear: A longtime NextDraft-approved band that features one virtuoso bass player and one drummer is out with a new album and it’s sound good so far. Check out Royal Blood’s Back to the Water Below.

+ What to Read: “Centuries-old settlement patterns — and the attitudes they spawned about government — are to blame for differences in longevity between red southern states and bluer parts of the country.” Think politics don’t matter all that much? In Politico, Colin Woodard goes into great deal about how they matter the most. America’s Surprising Partisan Divide on Life Expectancy. “Centuries-old settlement patterns — and the attitudes they spawned about government — are to blame for differences in longevity between red southern states and bluer parts of the country.”

+ What to Web: Fish doorbells! Historic sandwiches! 50 of the weirdest, most wonderful corners of the web – picked by an expert.